* CharacterTiers: Sasquatch is infamous for being top tier in every game of the series, even as he received various nerfs along the way. He's a common pick in tournament play.* DivorcedInstallment: The original game was supposed to be a licensed Franchise/UniversalHorror fighting game, much like how ''VideoGame/StarGladiator'' was going to be a licensed ''Franchise/StarWars'' fighting game. * ExecutiveMeddling:** The creative teams at Creator/{{Capcom}} want to do a fourth one (Yoshinori Ono in particular is interested in making the project happen), but the suits won't let them, even despite A) the massive fan demand for one, and B) Capcom constantly including the series' characters in crossover games.*** This came to a head when Capcom released ''Darkstalkers Resurrection'', effectively the arcade builds of ''Night Warriors'' and ''Vampire Savior'' with a minor use of HD graphics and no real unlockables. [[note]]The other games developed by IronGalaxyStudios were either games that had never released before in home versions or included several beneficial unlocks. Darkstalkers Resurrection only had a gallery mode.[[/note]]. To say the fandom was pissed when Capcom declared it's failure meant a full fourth game release was cancelled is understating it.** The american cartoon. In short, ''all'' the characters were pretty much InNameOnly caricatures of themselves filtered through heavy {{Disneyfication}}.* FakeRussian: The cartoon version of Hsien-Ko, despite still being from China.* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The OVA was initially released by Creator/VizMedia on VHS and DVD, but those releases are now out of print. Fortunately averted now that Creator/DiscotekMedia has picked up the license.** The american ''Darkstalkers'' cartoon, along with the ''Street Fighter'' and ''Mega Man'' cartoons, was distributed on DVD by Creator/ADVFilms, before going out of print due to the company going under. Sadly, while the ''Street Fighter'' and ''Mega Man'' cartoons have been license-rescued by Discotek Media, the ''Darkstalkers'' cartoon has yet to be rescued, though Discotek license-rescuing the OVA as noted above has given rise to some hope.* NoExportForYou: ''Vampire Hunter 2'' (Which features everyone in ''Vampire Savior'' sans the characters introduced in that game) and ''Vampire Savior 2'' (Which features everyone in ''Vampire Savior'' except Jon Talbain, Rikuo and Sasquatch; plus Pyron, Huitzil and Donovan) never left Japan. We ''did'' get ''Darkstalkers 3'' though, which is sort of a mash-up of the two.** There's also ''Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service'' for the Dreamcast (though the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable port known as ''Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower'' was [[AvertedTrope brought over to the States]]) and ''Vampire: Darkstalkers Collection'' for the [=PlayStation 2=].* PlayingAgainstType: Demitri's voiced by Creator/NobuyukiHiyama. This doesn't stop him from having some {{hot blooded}} battle cries.* TalkingToHimself:** Creator/NobuyukiHiyama voices both Demitri and Pyron. In ''Night Warriors/Vampire Hunter'' he gets a third character in the form of Donovan.** Creator/YujiUeda voices Jon Talbain, Lord Raptor and Rikuo.** KanTokumaru voices Anakaris, Bishamon, Sasquatch, and Victor.** In the western cartoon, Creator/ScottMcNeil voices both Rikuo and Lord Raptor.** MiyukiMatsushita voices both Q-Bee and B.B.Hood in ''Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Savior''.* UnCanceled: Yoshinori Ono of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' fame is pushing to invoke this with the series. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_skngJlTDg A teaser trailer was released affirming the possibility of it happening]], but he said it will only be greenlit as long as enough fan demand gets through to the higher-ups. This is part of the reason ''Darkstalkers Ressurrection'' was announced, though that only resulted in extremely poor sales and the teaser was never followed up on. As of [[https://www.destructoid.com/there-s-still-hope-for-a-new-darkstalkers-347008.phtml March 2016]], Ono is ''still'' trying to invoke this, and at the very least, [[http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e161205b.html Capcom has shown some interest in reviving their forgotten franchises]], bringing some hope for this series.* WhatCouldHaveBeen:** Capcom's original intention was to make a licensed fighting game starring monsters from the Franchise/UniversalHorror franchise, but the deal fell through. The initial premise can still be glimpsed in certain characters who were obviously modeled after Universal monsters (Demitri = Film/{{Dracula|1931}}, Jon Talbain = Film/{{The Wolfman|1941}}, Victor von Gerdenheim = [[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Frankenstein's Monster]], Rikuo = [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon The Creature from the Black Lagoon]], and so on).** There were plans for a fourth title in development for the CPS-III system. It is said that Vampire Ace (or Vampire Soldier as it's been called in some places) would have had the core gameplay of Vampire Savior with CPS-III fluid characters. The reasons for the cancellation are unknown.** Every character's final design and story is a far cry from the original intention:*** Demitri had a much more minimalist, agile-looking design.*** According to the ''[[WordOfGod Darkstalkers Graphic File]]'', Morrigan was originally going to be the "cute" character of the series, while all of the sex appeal would go to Felicia.*** One of Morrigan's preliminary character designs eventually became Jedah, which is probably where they got the preliminary sibling relation from.*** Lord Raptor was supposed to be a vengeful zombie soldier from WWI, hence his birthdate being stated to be in the 1800's--they forgot to change it to reflect the metal image.*** Bishamon himself was going to be possessed and not wear any armor.*** Rikuo looked "like something straight out of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos".*** Anakaris was a slender pyramid guardian.*** John Talbain looked more man than wolf and had extremely long claws on one hand.*** Sasquatch was an animalistic brute bound in chains.*** Victor was a complete lift of Karloff's Monster before being modified into a robot.*** Huitzil was a much more modern robot designed for labor. He also had an unfinished super in the first game that was abandoned and never brought back in any of the sequels.*** Pyron's looks varied too wildly to do justice in such a small space as this.*** Donovan underwent through a large amount of changes:\\\\He was originally a stereotypical Caucasian Vampire Hunter with a broad-brimmed hat that covered his eyes, resembling a masculine Vampire Hunter D or Van Helsing. As designs changed some Asian martial artist themes were added with braided hair and a nunchaku like weapon. Finally we were given the Hinduism/Buddhism themed dhamphyr.\\\\He was also much stronger in the location test build of ''Vampire Hunter'' than he was in the finished product. Some of his strengths that were lost include a completely different Blizzard Sword special that caused his ice-covered sword to come crashing down from the top of the screen, a Kill Shred special which had his sword spinning through the air vertically rather than horizontally, thus covering a much wider area, and a Change Immortal EX that would cause huge amounts of [[ScratchDamage chip damage]] when blocked.*** Hsien-Ko's design, though consistent throughout the games, was originally going to be much younger.*** In the early stages of development, Lilith was Morrigan's older sister who had the blood of angels mixed in her. She physically resembled Morrigan, the only exception being a pair of angel wings on her head that [[IAmAMonster she hid out of embarrassment]].*** Q-Bee was a mutated insect with command over other bugs.*** Early in development, Jedah was an angelic bishie called "Belial, Jr.", which would have made him Morrigan's adoptive brother.*** Some rough animation concepts shown in ''Darkstalkers Official Complete Works'' give insight into ideas for moves that didn't make the cut. An anchor could have been among the many weapons Hsien-Ko produces from her sleeves, Huitzil's Confusioner could have involved him summoning a large radio-controlled drone with a grabber claw, and Demitri's Demon Billion seemingly could have been a utility super that allowed him to perform different moves while transformed into a cloud of bats, including jabs, uppercuts, and converging bites.** The first game was planned to be ported to the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega 32X]].** ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' [[OriginalGeneration original]] character Ruby Heart was originally conceived as a character for Darkstalkers.** The "Darkstalkers Are Not Dead" teaser, which was never followed up on after the poor sales of ''Darkstalkers Resurrection''.** Much of the cast from this series were considered for the roster of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' (specific ones include Talbain and Donovan, the former being Ryota Niitsuma's personal choice for a fourth ''Darkstalkers'' character). Only Morrigan, Felicia, and Hsien-Ko were included in the final game, though at the very least Amaterasu got a Talbain-themed alternate costume and many of the characters appeared as cards in the ''Ultimate'' update's Heroes and Heralds mode.* TheWikiRule: [[http://darkstalkers.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Darkstalkopedia.]]----